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- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KOSACHYOV HOPES DUMA WILL OUTLAW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
it was reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, hoped that the Duma would ratify the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulated the abolishment of capital punishment,
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KINDERGARTEN KILLINGS
China sentenced to death Fu Hegong , a 31 year old man convicted of killing a teacher and a 5-year-old student in a kindergarten in a rampage of rape, robbery and acts of lewdness, the Beijing Youth Daily said.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. YAKUZA HITMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANGLAND MURDERS
Kaiichi Yamamoto, a gang boss who gunned down five rivals in a Saitama Prefecture city was sentenced to death by the Saitama District Court, Japan. Yamamoto, 58, the gang boss, was convicted on five counts of murder and for firearms violations following t
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN TO FACE GALLOWS FOR MURDERING FRIEND'S SONS
the Utsunomiya District Court, Japan, sentenced Akihiro Shimoyama, a 40-year-old man, to death for murdering two boys in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN TO FACE GALLOWS FOR MURDERING FRIEND'S SONS
the Utsunomiya District Court, Japan, sentenced Akihiro Shimoyama, a 40-year-old man, to death for murdering two boys in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, in 2004.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TEACHER EXECUTED FOR RAPING 32 SCHOOL GIRLS
Lu Lei, a teacher convicted of raping 32 girls under the age of 14, was executed in southwest China a day before the country marked its annual Teacher's Day.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia. Trafficking death penalty commuted
Lim Hock Boon, 40, escaped the gallows for allegedly trafficking in about a kilogram of cannabis because others had access to a car where the drugs were hidden.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a judge ordered the execution of Pravin "Peter" Govin, 35
a judge ordered the execution of Pravin "Peter" Govin, 35, a motel owner who strangled and burned a business rival and her 3 relatives.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN. DETAINEES SUFFER ARBITRARY EXECUTION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
the Sudanese government has executed prisoners who were minors at the time of their arrest, Human Rights Watch said.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
the resentencing of Michael St. Clair ended with the same sentence a jury decided on 7 years ago.
the resentencing of Michael St. Clair ended with the same sentence a jury decided on 7 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel
a jury recommended 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel, a man convicted in the February 2004 shooting deaths of Garrick Stringfield and his 13-year-old son, Phillip Sims, to get rid of a witness
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. KURDISH ACTIVIST HANGED IN PRISON
Mohammad Panj-Bini and Esmail Mohammadi, twoiranian Kurdish activists, were hanged in a prison in the town of Orumieh, northwest Iran, for their opposition to the Iranian regime, opposition websites reported.